I’d buy a Slate above this even if the Ford was cheaper, specifically for those same reasons.
Remember that vizio makes more money from "processing" your data than from the tv itself.
I think we need car-based ad blockers.
Perhaps the way forward is an independent shop service to disable the onboard cellular modem(s) such that they cannot dial-home to load anything new. (It would likely disable the concierge and emergency services features too.) Similar to how there are/were alarm/stereo installation services.